A preliminary report has found that Ethiopian engineer Simegnew Bekele – who was in charge of the country’s $4.7bn (£3.1bn) hydroelectric dam project – took his own life, state-linked Fana Broadcasting Corporate reports.
“His death was a suicide,” police said in a press conference.
His body was found in a car parked at Meskel Square in the city centre in the capital, Addis Ababa, on 26 July. (BBC)